Electabuzz EX #97 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 22 Oct 2026Related Electabuzz EX & chase cards
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Electabuzz EX #97 comes from the Ruby & Sapphire set, one of the earliest EX cards to hit shelves back in 2003, and it still turns heads with Hikaru Koike's electric artwork. It's classed as a Rare, which sounds modest until you realize how much history and character it packs into one card from that era. If you're searching for Electabuzz EX value, the short answer is that a raw copy runs $40, but that number tells only part of the story.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $51, up 99% over the past year, with an all-time high of $51 in October 2026.
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Electabuzz EX price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 1,893 graded, only 80 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $2.7k | 80 | 61 / 19 |
| PSA 9 | $444 | 394 | 320 / 74 |
| PSA 8 | $273 | 570 | 428 / 142 |
| PSA 7 | $120 | 347 | 270 / 77 |
| PSA 6 | $76 | 244 | 176 / 68 |
| PSA 5 | $57 | 139 | 108 / 31 |
| PSA 4 | $48 | 48 | 37 / 11 |
| PSA 3 | $22 | 26 | 17 / 9 |
| PSA 2 | $19 | 14 | 14 / - |
| PSA 1 | $88 | 31 | 31 / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $51 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Card number
- 97 of 109
- Rarity
- Rare
- Type
- Lightning
- HP
- 90
- Stage
- Basic
- Weakness
- Fighting ×2
- Retreat cost
- 2
- Illustrator
- Hikaru Koike
- Released
- 2003
Attacks
- Thundershock10Lightning
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
- Quick Attack40+Lightning · Lightning · Colorless
Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 40 damage plus 20 more damage.
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The collector's take on Electabuzz EX
Is Electabuzz EX worth grading?
So is Electabuzz EX worth grading? Here's the honest breakdown: a raw, ungraded copy sits at $40, a Grade 9 jumps to $272, and a true PSA 10 gem mint copy commands $1,750, which works out to about 43.7 times the raw price. That's a real gap, and it's tempting. But gem mint is a high bar for a 2003 card, corners soften, centering shifts, and print lines show up more than you'd expect on cards this old. Grading costs money and time no matter what grade you land, so before you send one in, take a hard look at the corners and surface under good light. If it looks clean to your eye, it might be worth the shot. If you're unsure, it may be smarter to buy a copy already graded and skip the gamble entirely.
How rare is Electabuzz EX?
Across all grading services, only 1,867 copies of Electabuzz EX have ever been graded, and of those, just 79 have earned a PSA 10. That's a small slice sitting at the very top, and it tells you gem mint copies are genuinely hard to come by, not just hard to spot. When a population that small holds the highest grade, it naturally supports the price gap between a Grade 9 and a PSA 10, since collectors know how few perfect copies exist to chase.
Where can you pull Electabuzz EX?
This is where PackSpy's own tracking comes in handy, since we log real pulls across pack sites rather than relying on price guides alone. Electabuzz EX has been pulled 200 or more times across sites like mnstr, packs, courtyard, and collector-crypt, with the biggest recorded pull landing at $309. We've also seen it turn up in Pack 2, XY Evolutions, Pokémon Starter Pack, Wildcard Starter Pack, and Elite Pokémon Gacha Pack. Worth remembering though, opening packs is a gamble, and most rips don't come close to covering their cost, so treat any pull as a bonus rather than a plan.
Questions people ask
How much is Electabuzz EX worth?+
A raw, ungraded Electabuzz EX #97 is valued at $40. Graded copies climb from there, with a Grade 9 worth $272 and a PSA 10 reaching $1,750, so condition makes a real difference here.
Is Electabuzz EX worth grading?+
It can be, since a PSA 10 sells for about 43.7 times the raw price. But only 79 copies out of 1,867 graded have hit that gem mint grade, so it's worth weighing the grading cost against how clean your copy really looks before sending it in.
What set is Electabuzz EX from?+
Electabuzz EX #97 comes from the Ruby & Sapphire set, released in 2003. It's a Rare card illustrated by Hikaru Koike, and it's held up as a nice piece of early EX era history.
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